The Washington critic., 1887-10-19
wAsnINGToN, ocToDER 10. 1ss7
BEDLAM LET LOOSE.

execution OF the condemned AnarCh-
lists at Chicago, gave q pretty correct
representation OF Bedlam let loose.
To judge by the reported proceed
ings the speeches of the occasion were
absolutely devoid both of truth and
sense, and the effect Of the demonstra.
tion In the minds Of all sensible people
will BE decidedly prejudicial to the un-
fortunate prisoners, who seem to be
most unfortunate In the character of
their sympaih!zing friends.
One of the speakers INDUCED in the
following wild lanirum concerning the
treatment Of the Chicago workingmeu.
He said
My blood bolis when | think Of the suffer.
ings 10 which the workingmon Of Chicago
have been subjected In the hone that in their
agony they would peach on their comrades.
They weie imprisoned in what are called
"sweat'boNcs cells, . feet high and 4
broad. To the walls aud bed are attached
Halvaulc batteries, turned ON at the will of
the turnkey. The haplcss prisoner can neither
sleep nor rest, Through aportures powerful
colored lights are turned ON suddenly and the
prisoner goes wild with fcur. Late at night
10 belabor the prisoner with clubs until dawn
This treatment is recommended on the fol-
lowing night, and is continued until the pris-
oner expresses his willingness TO testify to
anything the District Attorney may deem
necessary for his conviction.
Another made the amiable remark
that the fault to be found with the
Haymarket rioters was not tina. they
had thrown single bomb, Dut that
they had not thrown "huud. eds" of
them.
Another suggested that the only way
10 bring about social revolution
whatever that may mean-was ito kill
all who opposed 1t, and that the best
way to begin was to knife them oil,
from the scoundrel President Cleveland
to the church. going hypocrite Cyrus
Mccormick.
Such outlandish and idiotic talk may
have small influence In this country,
hut 1t is dangerous sort of fanaticIsm
to disseminate among the populace of q
great city like London, with Its formid-
able elements of lawlessness aul dis.
content. 1t is freedom of speech with
a vengeance-vengeance bordering on
insanity-and would not be tolerated
upon the streets Of New York or
Chicago.
Yet out of hot-beds like this were
propagated the self same sentiments to
which the Chicago Anarchists gave ut.
terance, and which they translated into
acts Of violence and assassination.
Men of precisely the same class as
those who are bowling in the streets of
London for the wreck of free institu.
tions in the United States are here al.
ready. They are TO be found in all our
large cities. They come with every
ship load of immigrants, and they will
continue to be reinforced unless rlgor-
Gus measures of exclusion are adopted.
There is nothing excepting lack of
resources to prevent the immigration of
the fifteen hundred Socialists who
howled upon the streets of London for
the blood OF our "scoundrel" Presi-
dent
The steamship companies stand
ready to import them; their socialistic
brethren In America are all the time
encouraging their coming. Therein
may be found, il nowhere else, O
reason for the being of the Home Rule
party, and Congress will fail signally
of its duty unless 1t erects insuperablt
barriers to the influx OF q rabble thai
knows no law but fear, and whose high
est idea Of liberty is liberty to do as II
pleases.
AND still that proposed demonstra
tion of welcome to President Cleveland
on his return to the Capital of the
Republic does not enthuse with the spon
taneity of unanimity which should char
acterize the patriotic people OF this
city on such an august occasion. Wha,
is the trouble with our fellow citizens
anyhow? Does disappointment In the
Presidents distribution of local patron.
age voice public sentiment, or do the
much.befogged interpretations of the
civil Surface" reform rules stand as
lion in the path? THE CRITIc, as an
independent journal, suggested the
propriety of some manifestation of
respect on the part Of our citizens to
the President upon his return from his
extended tour through large portion
of the country, where he has been
received by a continuous ovation from
the people all along the line, and The
CRIrIc never gets left In It's practical
suggestions. Therefore, If our fellow.
citizens don't soon materialiLe on this
question 1t will deyolve upon The
CRITIC to get up an independent
demonstration of welcome on Its own
account.
We have in reserve that able, uuan
imous and comprehensive statesman
ledge W. q. Waxem, NJ. G. from
WaybRck, and with his well kno III
gifts of oratory and eloquence we car
greet the President on his return with
a speech that will knock oil encyclo
pedias into smithereens. The President
of the United States must be properly
greeted upon his return to the Ma
,ional Capital
COLONEL FRED GRANT has malC
another speech about three times Il
long as his first one. 1t was at Dun
kirk, N. Y, on Monday, and the
Colonel took occasion to state that he
was in favor of temperance and the
sugar beet industry. He evidently
proposes to approach the great qucs
tions of the day on the installment plan.
JAY GOULD is said to be laying his
plans now for the capture of the Com